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Officials say deaths from Vibrio vulnificus exceeding average amid warning over climate-linked case increase Five people in Louisiana have died in 2025 from a flesh-eating bacteria found in warm coastal waters, substantially exceeding the annual average on such deaths, state…
Every year in the Gulf of Panama, between December and April, trade winds from the north push warm surface water away from the coast, allowing cool, nutrient-rich water from the depths to rise, in a process called upwelling. This is…
The continued failure to halt the BR-319 highway cutting through the Brazilian Amazon is an example of the systemic problem identified by Hannah Arendt in her study of the minister of transportation of Nazi Germany, who had administered the movement…
Orla Mining’s project near Elko will be the first open-pit mine to receive an accelerated review following the Trump administration’s push to speed permitting for extraction. Opponents fear the public’s concerns will go unheard. By Wyatt Myskow A proposed gold…
The small, bell-shaped flowers that dangle like gems in dazzling hues of yellow, maroon, purple, brown and white give jewelflowers their name. Yet these plants, from the genera Streptanthus and Caulanthus, belong to the humble mustard family. Native to California,…
Indigenous territories are widely recognized as vital for conserving the environment and biodiversity, but far less is known about their role in protecting human health. Only recently have researchers begun to fill in this knowledge gap and investigate how the…
The scale of the government’s ambition heightens the stakes for all sides of politics and will probably determine how Albanese’s second term plays out Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Back in January 2021, when…
Five people were rescued after a pod of critically endangered Iberian orcas caused a sailboat to sink off Portugal’s Costa do Caparica, near the nation’s capital, Lisbon, on Sept. 13. None of the people on board suffered any injuries, according…
When a toucan plucks fruit from a tree in the Amazon Rainforest, it’s doing more than just finding lunch. Moving to a new location and depositing seeds via its droppings could be crucial in addressing climate change. New research shows…
More than 100,000 people marched through Cuenca, a city in southern Ecuador, on Sept. 16, demanding that authorities revoke an environmental license for a gold mining project that may impact an important freshwater source. The Loma Larga mining project, run…